Remembering Things

Authors:
Michael Arnold;Christopher Shepherd;Martin Gibbs
Affiliations:
Department of History and Philosphy of Science, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia;Department of History and Philosphy of Science, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia;Department of Information Systems, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia
Venue:
The Information Society
Year:
2008

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Abstract

In an attempt to listen to things, and to unpack the dynamics and particularities of the role of things in constituting memory (and the role of memory in constituting things), we argue four points: that relations between things are crucial; that things provide us with markers of time, place, purpose, and identity; that these markers are historically obdurate; and that things actin ways that transcend semiotics. Each of these four-relations, markers, obduracy, and actions-are significant for and constitutive of memory. The argument is thus antirepresentational, suggesting that the world is perfectly capable of representing itself, and that our understanding of the world is immanent in the world and its relations.